Neural correlates of socioeconomic status in the developing human brain

Developmental Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 516-527

  Noble, Kimberly G ^a,b,c   Houston, Suzanne M ^d,e,f   Kan, Eric ^d,e   Sowell, Elizabeth R ^d,e  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84862647331     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2012.01147.x     Document Type: Article

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